Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 3hHave to be clear just how dangerous this is. If it continues, it effectively removes constitutional rights from an entire class of people. Imagine you had to fear that if you criticize the regime, any error on paperwork filled out by your family decades ago could be used to strip your citizenship. 1061406417
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialThe Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 4hJeffries has one weak-sauce joint statement on the raid on his press release page. Schumer, can't find anything at all. Those two are going to go down in history as some of the most aggressively stupid politicians we've had, people who, when the moment demanded leadership, were cowards. 511830
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialJustin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 21hYou can hate Ilhan Omar’s political views, you can even hate her as a person. In fact they’re counting on people not liking her to make it easier. But this is an outrage, and every day it continues, the more radioactive hitler particles we’re all exposed to. 1166
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The Polish Foreign Minister responds to claims that Musk strangled Starlink access to Ukrainian forces costing Ukrainian lives. 681806577
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026this is so obviously correct it is deeply bizarre and corrosive how many people who should know better are unwilling to simply say it 243276545
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I have long argued that media doesn’t focus enough on Stephen miller and I think it’s partly because he’s so repulsive that even the trumpists want to pretend he doesn’t exist and this seems to support that theory! 1341273
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Attack on Pearl Harbor raises questions about the Japanese Empire's commitment to peace in the Pacific 952274
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The raid on Rep. Omar is a FIVE ALARM FIRE. Trump is weaponizing the federal government to go after an opposition leader and escalate his viciously racist campaign against Somali Americans. We stand with Ilhan. 301066359
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialruth @ruthmensch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026RJ Mitte did so much for disability rights and representation, on top of being an enormous acting talent. May his memory be a blessing. 1265
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Oh Wow. 925393794
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...apnews.comFederal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources sayFederal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter. 14974271770
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 12/10/2026this was the conclusion of the Castillan crown while he was literally still fucking alive 351989313
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️ 552171489
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/10/2026question for brooks: what if they are, literally, nazis? 303103221368
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026CLAIM: ICE violated the law in multiple ways in this complete hash of an enforcement effort. FACT: Squirrel!! 415521
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is the correct energy. No respect to Republicans, KKK, or any other hate group. 12904145
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Six months ago:theonion.comDOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of EntertainmentWASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo... 19075531699
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/10/2026And the video usually shows the opposite: that the agents rammed into the victim. But there are no consequences for the lies. So there’s no reason to stop telling them. 11910173
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Couldn’t find the gift link. So maybe paywalled. But incredibly detailed analysis if identity and violent rep of off agent in yesterdays shooting in nyc www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court. 518650
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/10/20261.8 million dollars can provide the vaccine for thousands of kids preventing chronic hepatitis b and its consequences. Not funding a study which essentially uses children as guinea pigs for a moot hypothesis of a study that WILL cause harm. 0469
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This study was unethical when it was announced last year and it remains unethical today. The birth dose of the hepatitis b vaccine prevents perinatal acquisition of the infection. You cannot randomize a group of newborns to not receive it while giving it to others. www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...linkedin.comHepatitis B vaccine study condemned as unethical wins approval from Danish university 621794
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.wapo.stTrump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policyThe purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. 6338741408
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening. 381855420
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 460175832697
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Again, the red background here, priceless. 181420176
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialSpencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026ICE agents have shot yet another person in the street, this time a man in his car in the Bronx while his small child sat in the backseat. www.reuters.com/world/us/per...reuters.comNew York City man shot in car with child present by ICE agents, mayor saysUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the vehicle in the Bronx borough of New York City, according to the mayor, city po... 13239148
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialJeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes the articles of impeachment write themselves. 461161239
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Susan Collins in a nutshell ↘️ "[L]ike an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 💥 #mepoltiics 151228198
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask? 8536941441
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Article 1 is Congress. The presidency comes second, in Article 2, and explicitly requires the president to faithfully execute the law as passed by Congress. But that structure implies that the president can break laws without consequence. Or, well, at least this one can. -Sam Alito, paraphrased 8587120
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/10/2026The history of big companies excitedly acquiring Warner Bros and then trying to hastily dump it a few years later gives me hope that this latest acquisition will also be a total clusteruck disaster for the acquirer 2026634
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335771334
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026*people* make the design & engineering & business decisions that are behind every one of these types of stories… 922753
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialLaura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Remind me again why Democrats can't say a word about red rural America being anything but God's country. 12610
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis" It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis" 1272400593
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026that this is over the daylight savings bill of all things is ten times funnier 442221283
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026... 18588157
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution. SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.lawdork.comAfter SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botches the executionSCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee. 13318111
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030981089
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Democrats who refused to move to impeach the monster doing this are just as responsible for all the deaths that will result in the meantime as everyone else who has been refusing to do anything to stop it. 152
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.sociale.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/09/2026between the metaverse, the pervert glasses, and now this fuzzy avatar mess, Meta is on a generational run of real-world Black Mirror episodes 18568130
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December. 45425209
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialjmdjameson.bsky.social @jmdjameson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This Cornell administration has to go. As if running over students and capitulation to Trump were not bad enough. 0293
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is about as upset as a NYT reporter is allowed to get:”An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...nytimes.comTrump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador SaysPresident Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale. 19437168
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 19337511043
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As a reminder, she’s the Secretary of Education not the Secretary of Labor 1161673265
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One reason the far right authoritarian party is s obsessed with voter fraud is because so many of its elected officials do not legally reside where they say they do 221764448
Reposted by @bk-brian.bsky.socialGary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is so fucking stupid that it made my eyes bleed. 541074117